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Freeing Software and Opening Space: Social Forums and the Cultural Politics of Technology

Freeing Software and Opening Space: Social Forums and the Cultural Politics of Technology © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/187219108X256235 Societies Without Borders 3 (2008) 96–117 www.brill.nl/swb S W B Freeing Software and Opening Space: Social Forums and the Cultural Politics of Technology 1 Jeffrey S. Juris, a Giuseppe Caruso, b and Lorenzo Mosca c a Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, USA; b School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; c European University Institute of Florence, Italy Keywords World Social Forum process, cultural politics, technology, free software Since appearing in 2001, the social forums have formed part of a wider global justice movement characterized by the innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Th e power of new ICTs such as the Internet to transform the speed, scale, and mode of organizing first became apparent in the mid-1990s with the early anti-Free Trade Campaigns and Zapatista Solidarity Networks. 2 Activists soon began to employ e-mail lists, webpages, and collaborative software to communicate and coordinate within transnational networks such as Peoples’ Global Action and to orga- nize mass anti-corporate globalization actions, including the November 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. New ICTs have not only facilitated action-at-a-distance, they have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Societies Without Borders Brill

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/187219108X256235 Societies Without Borders 3 (2008) 96–117 www.brill.nl/swb S W B Freeing Software and Opening Space: Social Forums and the Cultural Politics of Technology 1 Jeffrey S. Juris, a Giuseppe Caruso, b and Lorenzo Mosca c a Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, USA; b School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; c European University Institute of Florence, Italy Keywords World Social Forum process, cultural politics, technology, free software Since appearing in 2001, the social forums have formed part of a wider global justice movement characterized by the innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Th e power of new ICTs such as the Internet to transform the speed, scale, and mode of organizing first became apparent in the mid-1990s with the early anti-Free Trade Campaigns and Zapatista Solidarity Networks. 2 Activists soon began to employ e-mail lists, webpages, and collaborative software to communicate and coordinate within transnational networks such as Peoples’ Global Action and to orga- nize mass anti-corporate globalization actions, including the November 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. New ICTs have not only facilitated action-at-a-distance, they have

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Societies Without Borders – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: CULTURAL POLITICS; WORLD SOCIAL FORUM PROCESS; TECHNOLOGY; FREE SOFTWARE

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